Description

A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today.

Unique in depth and coverage of classical figures and their philosophies as well as pragmatism as a living force in philosophy.

Chapters include discussions on philosophers such as John Dewey, Jürgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam.

About the Author

John R. Shook is Vice President for Research and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry, and Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo. He is author of Dewey’s Empirical Theory of Knowledge and Reality (2000), editor of Pragmatic Naturalism and Realism (2003), and editor of the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers (2005). He is also co-editor of the journal Contemporary Pragmatism.

Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. His recent books include The Flux of History and the Flux of Science (1993), Historied Thought, Constructed World: A Conceptual Primer for the Turn of the Millennium (1995), Interpretation Radical but Not Unruly: The New Puzzle of the Arts and History (1995), and Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century (2002).

“This is a strong collection showing the variation in the different lines of thought stemming from the Pragmatists.” (Metapsychology, May 2009)

"The essays, though assuming some acquaintance with the problems and history of philosophy, are clearly written and use a minimum of jargon. A brief but excellent introduction . . . and a good set of subject and name indexes complete the scholarly apparatus. Recommended."(Choice)

Thirty-eight newly contributed essays provide a comprehensive and current overview of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today

Offers unique in-depth coverage of the major figures and their philosophies, among them C.S. Peirce, John Dewey, W.V. Quine, Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty

Includes contributions from some of the most distinguished philosophers alive, some of whom have entries in the book devoted to them

Displays pragmatism as a living force in philosophy, producing original thought indebted to the founders